Insights from Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa's Response to Omicron at Wainui Marae
Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa continues to prioritize six key areas in their response to Omicron, including health coordination, kai support, mental wellbeing, housing measures, communications coordination, and border management. The COVID team management plays a crucial role in enabling whānau access to testing, vaccination, and necessary health support. Lessons learned emphasize the importance of swift and accurate communication, effective collaboration, and dynamic teamwork with key stakeholders like TRoW, NDHB, and Marae.
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Te Rnanga o Whaingaroa Living with Omicron Learnings from Wainui Marae January 2022
Te Rnanga o Whaingaroa Continue to prioritise the six focus areas Hauora - Coordinated health response across the Whangaroa Hauora collective. Working with PHU and NDHB through the Mid North Hub (TRoW, THON, Hokianga Health) Kai - Access to kai support for wh nau who have returned a positive COVID-19 result, kai packages for wh nau who are having to isolate at home, Mental Wellbeing - Supporting Wh nau to deescalate anxieties, promote wellbeing and provide support during distressing and exhausting time for Wh nau. Housing - Isolation measures and accommodations for those who need to isolate. Existing TA Cabins available as well as Iwi allocated Campervans. Communications - Coordinating communications across Ng Wh nuku o Whangaroa including social media updates.Clear communications as to where wh nau can seek support. Border management - Supporting Road and marine checkpoints to keep our valleys and bays and communities safe, monitoring traffic levels in and out of the rohe, communicating these vents.
COVID Team Management/Leads Hauora Team Operations and Logistics Lead: Bree Davis Lead Nurse Lorna Smeath Logistics/Wh nau Support: Tracey Pomare, Kath Keremete Nurse Janine Whyte Administration/Finance: Marlene Pivac, Vivian Taka Nurses Admin - Doris Pilcher and Paige Hikuwai Communications: Raniera Kaio, Debbie Jepson The Hauora team are the key enablers for wh nau to access testing, vaccination and/or other necessary health support required. This may include working alongside other hauora providers to deliver health care support into Whangaroa. The management team are responsible to drive the COVID-19 Plan. They are also responsible to ensure that staff are supported during the activation of the Plan. Management can co-opt other staff members and/or community members to support the activation of any lead tasks.
The Kumara vine is faster than the system TRoW is a part of the Mid North Hub (TRoW, THON, Hokianga Health) Connected into the DHB and the tracing team Collaboration An email to TRoW CEO resulted in fast connection with Wainui Marae Clear contact person at the Marae NDHB, TRoW and Marae can be dynamic working together Quick communications work They need to be clear They need to be correct/factual/accurate
Contact Classification and Testing regime Positive Case https://covid19.govt.nz/isolation-and-care/if-you-test- positive-for-covid-19/ Close contact https://covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tracing/contact- tracing/close-contacts/#who-is-a-close-contact Casual contact https://covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tracing/contact- tracing/casual-contacts/ Secondary contact https://covid19.govt.nz/testing-and- tracing/contact-tracing/close-contacts/#secondary-contacts- %E2%80%94-if-you-live-with-a-close-contact
Clunky system There are delays when positive cases are uncontactable Contact tracing and investigations Government only has access to scanned data Alerts sent to phones happen after the investigation Locations of interests are public locations Testing stations need to be quick and responsive TRoW does not know who close contacts are unless wh nau tell us
Even with the best practices, it can still happen. We need to educate wh nau to stay home if they are unwell and have had a test Marae should adopt their own contact tracing sheet as this helps to speed up the process to reach out to wh nau Marae would benefit from having clear pandemic plans and a key contact for TRoW to connect with Marae should have the necessary masks/sanitisers We could all do with being clear on the processes
What can TRoW do? Positive case Close contacts Kai packages Health packages (sanitizers etc) Wellbeing phone calls Isolation support Campervans if required Clinical support from NDHB Kai packages Wellbeing phone calls Health packages (sanitisers etc)
TRoW continues to Produce and supply COVID resources That inform, unbiased, truthful, wh nau centred and Whangaroa focused. January 2022 availability Handouts Vaccination sites, offices and staff Registered whanau email mailouts Facebook Website Downloads available from https://whaingaroa.iwi.nz/ Wh nau Kia Rite Preparation plan template/booklet Wh nau Kia Rite Preparation tips What do the COVID contact levels mean
Where to from here? Collectivised approach is necessary Whanuku roopu will be invaluable to stay connected Clear communications to be placed on TRoW Facebook for sharing Support one another to live with Omicron in the community What have we missed?
